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June 2007, no. 292
Welcome to the June 2007 issue of
Australian Book Review.
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Journals
Meanjin Vol. 66, No. 1
edited by Ian Britain
&
Overland 186
edited by Nathan Hollier
by
Geordie Williamson
Travel
Dreaming of East
by Barbara Hodgson
&
Women of the Gobi
by Kate James
by
Alison Broinowski
Fiction
A Little Rain on Thursday
by Matt Rubinstein
by
Brian McFarlane
Journals
Griffith Review 15: Divided Nation
edited by Julianne Schultz
by
Kerryn Goldsworthy
Poem
'Seasonal', a poem by Maria Takolander
by
Maria Takolander
Poem
'Canto of Slipping at Night', a poem by John Kinsella
by
John Kinsella
Biography
Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir, 1964 to 2006
by Gore Vidal
by
Peter Rose
Literary Studies
Soft Weapons: Autobiography in transit
by Gillian Whitlock
by
Kay Schaffer
Poetry
Typewriter Music
by David Malouf
by
Peter Porter
Advances
Advances June 2007
by
Australian Book Review
Australian History
Continent of Curiosities: A journey through Australian natural history
by Danielle Clode
by
Peter Menkhorst
Seymour Biography Lecture
Virtual Lives: History and Biography in an Electronic Age
by
Lawrence Goldman
Non-fiction
Blue Mauritius: The hunt for the world's most valuable stamp
by Helen Morgan
by
Graeme Powell
Westering
by Peter Kirkpatrick
by
Gregory Kratzmann
Poetry
The City Of Empty Rooms
by Thomas Shapcott
by
Ian Templeman
History
High Lean Country: Land, people and memory in New England
by Alan Atkinson et al.
by
Kate McFadyen
Biography
T.S. Eliot: Lives and legacies
by Craig Raine
by
Jonathan Pearlman
Commentary
'The Disappearing Act of Translation' by Nicholas Jose
by
Nicholas Jose
Literary Studies
David Golder
by Irène Némirovsky
&
Irène Némirovsky
by Jonathan Weiss
by
Colin Nettelbeck
Military History
A Distant Grief: Australians, war graves and the Great War
by Bart Ziino
by
Ken Inglis
Art
Modernism & Australia: Documents on art, design and architecture 1917–1967
edited by Ann Stephen, Andrew McNamara, and Philip Goad
by
Anthony White
Fiction
Christina Hill reviews 'Aphelion' by Emily Ballou
by
Christina Hill
Fiction
Peter Pierce reviews 'Shattered' by Gabrielle Lord
by
Peter Pierce
Fiction
The Scandal Of The Season
by Sophie Gee
by
Thuy On
Biography
Edith Wharton
by Hermione Lee
by
Gay Bilson
Australian Fiction
Too Much Too Soon
by Stephanie Green
by
George Dunford
Politics
The Politics Of War: Race, Class, And Conflict In Revolutionary Virginia
by Michael A. McDonnell
by
Donna Merwick
Poem
‘Both Hands’ by Chris Andrews
by
Chris Andrews
Letters
Letters to the Editor
by
Australian Book Review
Biography
Beverley Kingston reviews 'Lucy Osburn, A Lady Displaced' by Judith Godden
by
Beverley Kingston
Australian Fiction
Richard Watts reviews 'Making Noises' by Euan Mitchell
by
Richard Watts
Reviews
Turner’s Paintbox
by Paul Morgan
by
Natalie Teasdale
Fiction
Love and the Playtypus
by Nicolas Drayson
by
Rebecca Starford
The Pepper Gate
by Genna de Bont
by
Steve Gome
Fiction
The Single Gentleman's Dining Club
by Tony McMahon
by
Dave Hoskin
Journalism
I Wouldn't Start From Here: A Misguided tour of the early 21st century
by Andrew Mueller
by
Dan Toner
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